Tuning into previous Buddies episodes (out there to stream with an HBO Max subscription) could be like leaping right into a time machine with all of its landlines, references to films like Die Exhausting and all the iconic ‘90s outfits. I can consider so many fabulous (and some not-so-fabulous) wardrobe decisions that outlined the period, however in line with the previous Buddies costume designer, there have been far more per episode than I might have guessed.
Debra McGuire started working because the costume designer on Buddies in 1994, the primary season of what would turn out to be one of many finest sitcoms of all time. It seems when your sequence has six lead solid members, you undergo lots of garments, as McGuire revealed at a current occasion (by way of THR):
[Friends] pushed the restrict of what we might do. We had been doing 75 wardrobe adjustments in a 30-minute sitcom. I can’t actually think about it wanting again. I don’t know how we did that.
I want a second to course of that quantity. Seventy-five wardrobe adjustments for one episode is definitely insane. Debra McGuire was accountable for that basic Season 3 scene with Joey sporting all of Chandler’s garments, however even that was only one piece that she painstakingly styled by layering objects from Matthew Perry’s wardrobe.
So to get to 75, If we’re simply speaking about Ross, Rachel, Monica, Chandler, Joey and Phoebe, that might be about 12 totally different wardrobes per actor, so there must be a number of the Buddies aspect characters included in that quantity, proper? However how typically did we see, for instance, Paul Rudd’s Mike or Anna Faris’ Erica in multiple outfit in an episode? I’m positively going to start out listening to that side of the present now!
The designer stated she didn’t got down to make Buddies vogue so emblematic of the ‘90s both, admitting:
Did we all know it was going to achieve success? No. I didn’t actually care in regards to the vogue the primary couple of years. I simply wished to make nice footage. The actors had been so younger and didn’t actually know a lot about vogue [until later].
After Buddies led to 2004, Debra McGuire continued to work with Jennifer Aniston and might take lots of the credit score for all of the instances Aniston wore the cutest outfits.
Immediately she’s nonetheless with the actress on The Morning Present, whose Season 4 finale simply aired on the 2025 TV schedule. Work on Season 5 begins in January, she stated, and she or he’ll be there, completely styling Alex Levy’s wardrobe. Debra McGuire stated:
We’ve been collectively for 31 years. We’ve a language collectively that doesn’t need to be spoken.
The truth that Debra McGuire continues to work with Jennifer Aniston on The Morning Present would possibly clarify why a few of Alex’s garments have robust Rachel Inexperienced vibes, and I feel it’s pretty that these ladies have caught collectively all of those years.
If you wish to take a look at Debra McGuire’s newest appears for Jennifer Aniston, The Morning Present could be streamed with an Apple TV+ subscription, and if you wish to attempt to rely all the Buddies wardrobe adjustments, all 10 seasons can be found on HBO Max.
